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a 10kg toy truck moves at 5 m/s East. it collides head-on with a 5kg toy car moving at 10 m/s moving west. What is the total momentum of the system?
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Take east as positive.
Truck: p1 = 10 kg × 5 m/s = +50 kg·m/s.
Car (west = negative): p2 = 5 kg × (−10 m/s) = −50 kg·m/s.
Total momentum = 50 + (−50) = 0 kg·m/s.
So the system's total momentum is zero (no net direction).
Truck: p1 = 10 kg × 5 m/s = +50 kg·m/s.
Car (west = negative): p2 = 5 kg × (−10 m/s) = −50 kg·m/s.
Total momentum = 50 + (−50) = 0 kg·m/s.
So the system's total momentum is zero (no net direction).
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